— tly, The. “bray, a NEWS Fire r THE DAILY NEWS THE DAILY NEW THE DA. NEWS Mates a Special Give War News It Is Received . * PRINCE PERT, B O., MONDAY, AUGUST 3 1, 19144. PRICE FIVE: CENTS LIES WITHDRAW BEFORE RAPID ADVANCE ENEMY IS PREPARING FOR SEICE-— CLEARING OUT FIRING LINE RS 70 RAZE HOUSES WITHIN FOUR DAYS — LIVE STOCK TAKEN IN BEHIND THE FORTS STOCKING UP. WITH FOOD ecial to THE NEWS) Avgust 31.—It is offi- nounced here that the! r has ordered the resi- ithin the zone of active tions about Paris to des- ir homes within four days of food have been plac- State warehouses. Boide presents an unusual | VICTORY AT CUXHAVEN DUETO GOOD MARKSMENSHIP ee LOST 29 KILLED AN D FORTY WOUNDED TWO SMALL BOATS WERE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED jal to THE NEWS) » August 31.—The naval lespateches state that two hours and was a sharp ble sea battle. ht cruiser Amethyst and royer Laertes were the ish boats at all damaged. appearance. It is into a vast pasture with and sheep on the lawns. number of sheep parks is ten thousand. Many houses in the line of fire belong to poor people (whose owners are now at the front. cows The |They took the situation without © | complaint. fortress of Heligoland and attack ed the German squadron guard- ing the mouth of the Elbe. fight of Cuxhaven on Friday last- officers and 27 men were killed and forty wounded. The battie was fought at long range off Cux- haven at the entrance to the Elbe and the victory was largely due to the splendid marksmanship of the British gunners. ot known yet how many re engaged in the fight British boats passed the Hundreds of families lack | | resources and are without refuge. | transformed H LOSS |BRITISH HOLD AS VERY SMALL | IN NAVAL FIGHT. (Special to THE NEWS) London, August 3%. — Field Marshal General French declared yesterday that the strategic posi- ecial to THE NEWS) n, August 31.—Twenty- illed and thirty-eight is the price paid by the in the naval action against that a decisive victory would y behing teligoland on probably be fatal to Germany, This report has official while a continuance of resistance Two of the killed can, if prolonged, lead only to one icers _ conclusion. ne oni as ee _ ] a Br Ales r i Arron Poiwr FO GfrMn~ TFT on f* ’ 2 & Rr 3 IouATE: we ¢ : ~ ray fs : ' y y ; Foe eae c QCBAN t Sn ) } “a z PRR = i pnes as - s porn ' S a, . / oy ome s wal 4, extendas ‘nee me ritter ** J “Tae Paver" ~ 4 ‘ . we Bete et SP Oen > | 5 , y T, ’ vemse pe «) RCM? | ten Oat, ee 8 ow me me an e Sinaloa — a ote = Sa een fs oe GERMAN POSSESSIONS ON PACIFIC ‘al bulletin yesterday stateas that the German naval port of P'a, Samoa Islands, has surrendered to the British NOTICE LL THOSE APPLYING FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE EW REGIMENT FORMING HERE WILL PARADE FOR RILL AT THE GOVERNMENT WHARF MONDAY EVEN- © AT SEVEN-THIRTY SHARP. C. W. PECK. OOOO IOR tion now held by the allies is such . now a bloody battleground. A view of the peaceful Meuse Valley along which the armies have Mamur is shown in the picture. Liege and Dinant are also on this river. been fighting. THE VALLEY OF THE MEUSE AUSTRIANS NOW CHASING RUSSIANS BACK TO POLAND (Special to The News-11:30 a.m.) Berlin, via Copenhagen and London, August 31.—The Aus- trians after a reported victory over the Russians at Krasnik, pursued them in the direction of Lublin. Decisive batties are now in progres with that section of the Russian army. Two million German volunteers have offered themselves for ser- vice. GERMANS LOST NEARLY 900 MEN IN NAVAL FIGHT (Special to THE NEWS) London, August 31.—An offi- STRATES POSITION |ciat statement says that of 1,200 men, the crews of five German warships sunk behind Heligoland, only 330 were saved. CUT FISHERMAN’S NET TOOK IN WRONG END Bergston Will Stand Trial Today on Charge of Theft Joseph Otero is a Skeena River Last Monday night he was the river with a bran new ecohoe net lying to a night drift This net is about 1,200 feet long and t thirty feet On a dark night it would look a einch 600 feet off — the fisherman abe deep. to cut 500 or outer end of the pet and take it away A whole net is valued at about $200. This possi blity looked good and on the darkness of Monday night the net was cut A man named Bergston and another who was helping him are alleged to have done the eutting Anyway, they started picking up the severed net and hauling it into their boat Judge then their suprise when in stead of reaching the thoat at the outer end of the net and then s1 lently slipping away, they drew up to the anehored end which was fastened to the yner's boat Otero heard them coming and with 600 feet of net aboard thei boat and the other end tied to the owner's boat, Bergston and his helper could not get away Hence Bergston will appear be fore Judge Young this afternoon charged with theft A big Sie ‘ net is just inside the ex as mute but telling evidenee in the case, | j first Wednesday in September, 04} THE WEATHER | Bare | Highest temperature meter wr.424 63.0 | Lowest temps erature 54.0 Annoucement Mra. De Gex will not reeeive the rurt house malt officials have denied it. C+ OREOROEERESEES . ‘ LEIPZIG NOT TAKEN * 7 * * A despatch this morning * |* from Vancouver states that * * the rumor of the sinking of * * the Leipzig has not been * * confirmed and that Esqui- * os * . * * * HERE KRERE SARA SERSE YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL Coast Portland. 4; San Francisco, 0 Los Angeles, 9; Veniee, 7. Los Angeles, 4; Veniee, 3. Sacrament i; Oakland, 3. Racramento, 3: Oakland, 4 Northwestern Vanes »:; Ballard, 0. Spokane, 1; Vietoria, 0 Seattle lacoma, 2. SOUTHBOUND Phe left on the Prin cess Roya! Sunday wight: A. Ban- field, EK. P. Westenhaver, John Frank, J. W. Brindle, J, D. Ross, : ids, Mrs. Finnigan, Mrs W. W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. F, A. Mann. H..Weiss, 0. B. Wallace, Jas. Auld, Ralph Caldwell, Mr Andrew. M Armstrong, J. Me Leod, Miss McLeod, W. J. Bart ley, Joe. | ent, Geo. Emmons, |, iMiss Trene Long, Mr. and Mrs Stork M WW. Lawrence, Jas. Kirby, R. H. Davidson, J. &. Mor- ris. Thos. Marsh, Miss Hender- son, Mrs. M. Creek, E, T. Harlow: Miss Lilv Ha is, Miss Belle Har vey Mrs. F. V. Woods, W. d. Rriggs. D. J. Stewart, RK. Smith, Mrs. R. MePhail, Miss Cordingley, J. 8. Cowper */GERMANS NOW ,ed on the Prussian frontier, tak- Extraordinary Attraction! TONIGHT WESTHOLME OPERA HOUSE “THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY THANHAUSER’S MILLION DOLLAR PICTURE PRODUCTION In Weekly Installments of Two Reels Every Monday and Tuesday. Story by Har- old McGrath. Scenario by Lioyd Lonergan. With an ALL STAR CAST NO ADVANCE IN PRICES Admission: Adults, 160; Children, 100 | 4 ONLY SIXTY MILES _ FROM PARIS (Special to Ths News-11:30 a.m.) London, August 31—An official telegram here states that fresh forces of Germans have appear- ing the offensive against the Rus- sians. The Allies in France have ap- parently been forced to fall back before the German advance in the neighborhood of Lafere which is twenty miles nearer Paris than the Cambrai-Laceauteau line where the allies re-organized af- ter the Germans crossed the French border. Fighting is proceeding near Amiens. Lafere is only sixty miles from Paris. The Ghent district in Belgium is clear Sermans. Le Pere oad Reims, where the Germans are reported in the lat- est despatches, form a second riain protecting Paris. La Pere, at the northwestern of the line, has an outer tine of detached forts eight miles the city, an intermediate and a citadel. Reims is an entrenehed camp protected by a cle of detaehed forts, forty- five miles in eireumference \ line f tive detached forts runs from La Fere through Laon to Reims er the eurtain. It eng from line is pre line tration of al w covering the concen- the principal French oppose the German ad ough Belgium, my to vanee thi HEAVY FIRING HEARD AT DOVER THIS MORNING (Special to The Rews-11:30 a.m.) London, August 31.—Heavy fir- ing was heard at Dover this morning. It appeared to come from vessels on the French coast. ARMY MILLION MEN FIGHTING THREE DAYS ON AUSTRIAN SOIL Rome, August 31.—Despatches from the Austrian headquarters of the Corrierie Dellazeria state that a million men are engaged in a great battle which has been proceeding for three days on the The battle line extends from the Vis- tula to the Dneister, The fight- ing is as severe as in Belgium. The Rsusians have penetrated 20 Austrian-Russian frontier. miles inte Austrian territory. dir Bh dent = M (i lu where they tiull, Heel Dominion and his assistant returned on Satur a trip to Lake were resi ras making Labarge Bolte GERMAN OFFICERS MANS ONLY 60 MILES FROM PARIS TO-DAY--GERMANS CLAIM 30,000 RUSSIANS CAPTURED WOULD NOT ALLOW CREWS TO SURRENDER GERMAN MARINES FOUND SHOT DOWN WITH REVOLV- ERS BY THEIR OWN OFFICERS--FEAR THE (Special to THE NEWS) London, August 31.—The Brit- ish after the naval battle behind neligoland found German ma- rines with wounds caused by re- volver bullets. The prisoners de- clared the revolvers were used by their officers to prevent the men surrendering to the British. Count Von Schwerin is among BRITISH NAVY the prisoners. His feet and hands are chained because he refused to give his word of honor that he wouldn’t try to escape. He car- _ried a sword given by Emperor William of whom he is a nephew. The German marines admit they stand in awe of the British |navy with its superb markman- HAVE PENETRATED THREE WAY TO Washington, August 31.—The British Embassy yesterday ceived from London a message that East Prussia is being rapid- ly overrun by the Russians and that a great part of the region is now in their hands. Three German army corps and several divisions have been re- peatedly defeated, losing many men and guns. The Russians are now investing Koenigsburg. Koenigsburg is a city of 200,- 000 population. It is situated on RUSSIANS OVERRUN E. PRUSSIA NOW INVESTING KOENIGSBURG LINES OF DEFENCES, DE- FEATING THE GERMANS REPEATEDLY—-ON THE BERLIN (Special to THE NEWS) merly a Pc!ish possession. It has a fortress of the first-class and is re~ ‘looked upon as the strongest po- |sition in the eastern part of the Empire. The whole of Eastern Prussia has been fortified with four lines of defences running north and south. The fourth and last of these is along the River Vistula, with Danzig on the north end and Bromberg on the south. at . The Russians have anes penetrated ‘as far as the Vistula in some places and if they cross this successfully the way to Ber- the Gulf of Danzig and was for- lin is open. BRITISH FIGHTING (Special to THE NEWS) ish troops are standing like a stone wall in the van of the sec- ond defensive line of the Allies. They have driven the Germans back to Chimay on Belgian soil. The Germans under General Von Buelow and General Van Hausen were forced back from Hirson. A Berlin despatch on Saturday stated that the Germans had pushed the British into St. Quetin department in France. The above London, August 31.—The Brit- |} IN FRONT DROVE GERMANS OUT OF FRANCE sin he eT WO GREAT GERMAN GENERALS HAD TO RETIRE INTO ’ BELGIUN WITH BRITISH TROOPS CHAS- ING THEM SG pe shows that the British troops turned the tables on them and forced the Germans under two of their great generals from Hir- son in France to Chimay in Bel- gium, a distance of about fifteen miles. The Gritish army now on the Continent seems to be pretty well distributed along the whole fron- tier and are giving a good ac- count of themselves in every dis- trict. They are apparently taking ‘the brunt of the fighting and win- | ning. AEROPLANE DROPPED London. August 31-—-A despatoh three bombs bsurvey work for the department done. Bmartlys the latest styles ladies’ new | oats at moderate prices, Waliaces 1pstf, BOMBS ON PARIS ‘GERMANS CLAIM THEY TOOK 30,000 | -- RUSSIAN PRISQNERS from Paris says that at 3 o'clock Sunday morning an aeroplane ap~ | (Special to The Mews, 11:30 a.m.) peared over Paris and dropped | No damage was Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, L.i., August 31.—It is announe- (ed here that about thirty thous- _and Russians were taken prison- ’ ‘ers by the Germans during the fighting in East Prussia. Lo «pete ——<« eg SR eet wine